Obituaries

Obituaries for December 12, 2010

Rev. Gordon H. Albers

Rev. Gordon H. Albers, 74, of Hot Springs Village, died Dec. 7, 2010. Memorial service will be 10 a.m. Dec. 18, 2010 at Christ Lutheran Church. Memorial donations may be …
Houston E. Austin Sr.

Rev. Houston E. Austin Sr., age 83 of Monticello, died Dec. 7, 2010, following a brief illness. He was born in 1927 in Snyder, Ark. to the late Henry Elmer …
Chandler J. "CJ" Barnwell

CHANDLER J. "CJ" BARNWELL, 16, of Little Rock passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. He was born on April 8, 1994 to Mike and Anna Barnwell in Conway. CJ …
Melvin Benson

Mr. Melvin Eugene Benson Sr., age 66, of Mena, Ark., passed away Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, at his home. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, at 10 a.m. …
Wesley Bradbury

WESLEY E. BRADBURY, 87, of Sardis Community, passed away Dec. 10, 2010. He was born Sept. 8, 1923 in Pulaski County, Ark. to the late Erasmus and Minnie Bradbury. Wesley …
Gladys Brown

Gladys May Stephens Brown, age 89, of Grand Prairie, Texas, formerly of Crossett passed away Dec. 10, 2010. Funeral will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 at Jones Funeral …
Beatrice Jewell Buntyn

Beatrice Jewell Buntyn passed away on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. She was born April 21, 1916 in Coldwater, Miss., to the late Mary Jewell. She was an outstanding cook, homemaker, …
Jerl Burks

Jerl Layton Burks, age 74, of Benton, died Dec. 10, 2010. He was born on July 6, 1936 in the Fairplay Community and grew up in the Mt. Olive Community. …
Clarence Ray Carlson

Clarence Ray Carlson, age 54, of Mayflower died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Ray is survived by two children, Stephanie and Joey Carlson; the mother of his children, Juli Carlson; his …
Marjorie Rachel Carman

Marjorie Rachel Carman, 93, of Searcy, formerly of Memphis, died Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. She was born April 14, 1917 a daughter of the late Joel and Minnie Robinson Carpenter. …
Violet Ann Case

Violet Ann Case, 92, of Paris, Ark. died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 in Fort Smith, Ark. Visitation: 6-8 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010, Roller Funeral Home Chapel-Paris. Service: 2 p.m., …
James Allen Copeland

James Allen Copeland of Sheridan, Ark. died Wednesday. Survivors: Wife, Judy; six sons, two daughters; parents, Jean and Gerald Reed; three brothers; three sisters; 17 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Memorial service: …
Cedric Daniel

Cedric Daniel, 44, of Lacey, passed away Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 at his home. He was born July 30, 1966 in Monticello. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Monday at …
Temoral Davis

TEMORAL DAVIS, 48, of Little Rock passed Dec. 8, 2010. Survived by daughters, Shayla (Davis) Farid, Whitney Davis; grandsons, Messiah Farid, Knicholas English; sisters, Yvonne, Cynthia, Valerie, Sheryl, Lynn White, …
James M. Dean

James M. Dean, age 83, of Crossett died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. He was born Aug. 31, 1927 to Robert and Quincy Mae Prohn Dean. Mr. Dean was an Elder …
Shirley Mavis Fairburn Ebert

SHIRLEY MAVIS FAIRBURN EBERT was born on Dec. 9th, 1918, in Lowell, Mass. to George C. Fairburn and Beulah Sturtevant Fairburn. She died Dec. 3, 2010, age 91, in Little …
Janet Ann Ederer

Janet Ederer, 63, of Russellville, died Wednesday, Dec. 8 at her home. The family will receive friends from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 13 at Shinn Funeral Service. …
Betty Joyce Eitzen

BETTY JOYCE EITZEN, 80, of Jacksonville, left us to be with her lord and savior on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 at North Metro Hospital. The memorial service will be held …
John Floyd

JOHN "PAPA" FLOYD JR., 93, of Little Rock, Ark. went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Home going services will be Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, 11 …
A.G. Gentry

Albert G. "A.G." Gentry, age 88, of Wickes, Ark., passed away Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 at 11 a.m. …
James Gillespie Jr.

Reverend JAMES GILLESPIE JR., 61, of Little Rock walked straight to the arms of his Savior on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. "Big Daddy" as he was known was born on …
John Arthur Handy

REV. JOHN A. HANDY, 68, of Little Rock, Ark., departed this life on Dec. 3, 2010. He was born in Little Rock, Ark., to the late Major C. Handy and …
George Wygal Harrison Jr.

George Wygal Harrison Jr. of El Dorado Hills, Calif. passed away suddenly on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. He was born April 1, 1948 to Mr. and Mrs. George Wygal Harrison …
Glenna Kay Kennedy Hart

Glenna Kay Kennedy Hart, age 65, passed away at home on Dec. 9, 2010, surrounded by family. She was born Jan. 23, 1945, in Abingdon, Va., to Mary Alice and …
Lila Hill

Lila Hill, 93, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, at Baptist Health in Stuttgart. She was born in Holly Grove on Nov. 15, 1917, to Walter Page and Lillie Bowden Page. …
Imogene A. Holt

Imogene A. Minton Holt, 89, died this week at Heritage Living Center where she has been a resident for over a year. She was born in Conway on Sept. 29, …
Joseph Marvin Honsinger

Joseph Marvin Honsinger, age 87, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. Survivors are his wife, Betty Frazier Honsinger; one son; four daughter; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral service is 2 …
George Hughes

GEORGE EDWARD HUGHES, age 86, of Little Rock, was born in Benton on Oct. 22, 1924 and died Dec. 10, 2010. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, …
Karen Jenkins

MS. KAREN JENKINS, 64, of Little Rock was transfixed into eternity Dec. 5, 2010. She leaves to cherish her loving memory, one daughter, Dedra Thornton; three grandchildren, Azhia Dotson, Trammell …
Eugenia Johnson

EUGENIA JOHNSON of Little Rock passed away Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 at the age of 77. She retired from Baptist Eye Center as an LPN. She was a member of …
Wilma F. Kieslich

Wilma F. Kieslich, age 94, of Octavia, Okla., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 in Mena. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 at 2 p.m. at Octavia …
Shirley Lewis

Shirley Ann Lewis, age 61, of Little Rock, passed on Dec. 8, 2010. Preceded into death, daughters, Tamitha Lewis-Gulley and Alicia Lewis. Left to cherish her precious memories are her …
John William Luehrs

JOHN WILLIAM LUEHRS, 71, was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Sept. 26, 1939, to Urban and Mary Luehrs. He joined God's choir of angels on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, while …
Kate McFadden McCollum

Kate McFadden McCollum, age 95, died on Friday, Dec. 9, 2010, at the Woodruff County Rehab Center where she had been a patient for the past four weeks. Prior to …
Joy McKinley McGill

Joy McKinley McGill, 88, of Dallas, formerly of Malvern, Ark., died Thursday. Graveside: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, Oakridge Cemetery. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Tuesday, First PResbyterian Church, Malvern, Rev. …
Virginia McMahan

Virginia McMahan, age 80, passed away Friday at the Wentworth Place in Magnolia. Funeral services 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010, at the First Church of the Nazarene with burial …
Shirley Meacham

Shirley Meacham, a 17 year State Representative from Monroe County, died Saturday. Survived by Sons Kirby Meacham Jr. (Sissy) of Monroe, Conway Meacham, of Little Rock; daughter, Terry Dussex (Frank) …
M. Richard Means Jr.

M. RICHARD MEANS JR., 56, of North Little Rock passed away Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. He was born to Melvyn Means Sr. and Betty Jo Ratliff Nanney, Nov. 18, 1954, …
Agnes Blanche Moyer

Agnes Blanche Moyer, 87, of Conway, went to be with the angels on Dec. 10, 2010. Visitation 6–8 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Funeral 10 a.m., Tuesday, in the …
Ella Jean Murphy-Briggs

Ella Jean Murphy Briggs departed this life on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 in Little Rock, Ark. Surviving are four children and one sister. She worked for the EEOC in Little …
John B Olson

John B. Olson, 72, of Batesville, formerly of Sharpsburg, Ga., died Friday. Survivors: Sons, Bill Olson, John Hardy; daughter, Linda McLaughlin. Cremation services by Roller-Crouch Funeral Home, Batesville. Memorial services …
Russell Perrymore

Russell Heartsill Perrymore, 84, of Conway died Tuesday at UAMS Medical Center. Mr. Perrymore was a real estate agent. He also worked under Bill Clinton at the Economic Development Agency, …
Marcia Virginia Purifoy

Marcia Garrett, 65, went to be with her Heavenly Father Dec. 10, 2010. Proctor Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation Sunday, 3-6 at the funeral home. Services …
Harry Joseph Reeve

Harry Joseph Reeve, 87, of Batesville, died Thursday. Survivors: Wife, Wanda Reeve of Batesville; sons, Jerrill Reeve, Richard Reeve both of Batesville, David Reeve of Idaho; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. …
Ellen Bess Rhoads

ELLEN BESS CASKEY RHOADS, 87, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Dec. 9, following a short illness. She was born June 25 1923, in Des Arc to …
Bessie E Rowland

On Angel's wings; wife, mother grandmother, and sister, BESSIE ELDER ROWLAND, age 81, of Sherwood, Ark., peacefully left this life to take her place in Heaven on Dec. 1, 2010. …
James Elliott (Jamie) Selman

James Elliott (Jamie) Selman, 37, of Sheridan died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 at Sheridan. He was born Oct. 28, 1973 at Pine Bluff. He was an electrician for T and …
John Michael "Mike" Sheehan

John Michael "Mike" Sheehan, died, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, after a brief illness. This world has lost a true character that loved and lived life to the fullest. He had …
Monta Edward Stephens

MONTA EDWARD STEPHENS, age 79, passed away in Sherwood, Ark. on Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. He was born in North Little Rock, Ark. on Nov. 26, 1931. Mr. Stephens was …
Mary Alice Stevens

Mary Alice Stevens, 87, died Friday. Survivors: sons, John Edward Stevens and Jason Stevens; daughter, Betty Osborne; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Visitation will be Monday, 10 a.m. to …
Dale E Taylor

Dale E. Taylor, 63, died Dec. 12. Funeral service: Sunday, Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. at the Howard Funeral Chapel in Melbourne. Burial: Combs Cemetery under the direction of Eddie's …
Lois Williams Turner

Lois Williams Turner, 90, died Dec. 10, 2010 in Camden, Ark. Services will be held Sunday, at 2:30 p.m. at Fairview Methodist Church in Camden with Rev. Pam Bruele' officiating. …
Glenis Waite

Glenis Waite, 80, of Alexander, Ark., a loving wife, mother and grandmother who praised the Lord in all things, lost her battle with cancer on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, but …
William "Bill" Wallace

William Allen "Bill" Wallace, age 85, of Searcy died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2010. He was born in Florida March 10, 1925, the son of William and Dollie Weaver Wallace. Mr. …
Bobby Joe Williams

Mr. Bobby Joe Williams, of Bristow, Va., formerly of Little Rock, Ark., passed away on Dec. 9, 2010. Beloved husband of 63 years to Juanelle Williams. Loving father of Dianne …
Linda Williams

Linda Elizabeth Darling Williams of Crossett was born Nov. 30, 1959 at Fordyce, Ark. and passed away on Dec. 11, 2010 at Stonegate Villa Nursing Center in Crossett, Ark. She …
R L Williams

Mr. R L Williams, age 81, of Ludlow, Okla., passed away Friday, Dec. 10, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 at 2 p.m. at …
Clifford Lee Young

Clifford Lee Young, 82, of Hot Springs Village died peacefully in his home on Dec. 9, 2010, following a battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He was born in Little Rock, Ark., …
Dickie Lynn Young

Dickie Young, age 50, of Beebe, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. He was an avid golfer and loved his grandbabies. Dickie is survived by his wife, Debbie Young of Beebe; …

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